diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ad58524..86feb2d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Set correct default value for `delete_branch_on_merge` in docs 
+
 ## [0.15.0]
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index efdcc38..a124677 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ See [variables.tf] and [examples/] for details and use-cases.
 
   Set to `false` to disable the automatic deletion of head branches after pull requests are merged.
 
-  Default is `false`.
+  Default is `true`.
 
 - [**`homepage_url`**](#var-homepage_url): *(Optional `string`)*<a name="var-homepage_url"></a>
 
diff --git a/README.tfdoc.hcl b/README.tfdoc.hcl
index 63722f0..24e0fb9 100644
--- a/README.tfdoc.hcl
+++ b/README.tfdoc.hcl
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ section {
 
       variable "delete_branch_on_merge" {
         type        = bool
-        default     = false
+        default     = true
         description = <<-END
           Set to `false` to disable the automatic deletion of head branches after pull requests are merged.
         END